Looks like I'll be joining the vast media conspiracy...

[Robb]

Phone rang and it was the editor of our tiny little newspaper; apparently his ace reporter is going back to school, and there'a a full-time job coming available. And he thought of me. :)

So much for my LTTE soapboxing, now it appears I'll have to be Fair and Balanced! :D

[King Of Paperboys]

1. Yay!

By the way... we haven't met... but I hear you're a dingbat.

[Robb]

5. This is the word on the street, yes.

:)

[eyesroll]

2. Excellent!

I've got precious little post-college newspaper experience. Is this a daily? Weekly? Will you be covering hard news, community stuff, features? (My area of expertise was featury fluff.)

Good luck!

[Robb]

4. Weekly

The staff's so small, I imagine I'll be covering everything. Bearing in mind this is a newspaper famous for such hard-hitting front page stories as "Snow blankets entire valley". :D

[eyesroll]

6. Fair enough...

You should chat with HEyHEY. It sounds like he's got a similar situation at his paper.

[pagerbear]

3. Will you be part of the "liberal media"?

[Robb]

7. I prefer to think of it as the

..."pervasive left-wing smear machine". ;)

[Mnemosyne]

8. Watch out Robb!

Patriot Act II- Domestic security enhancement act- section 102:

any information gathering can be considered as the pursuit of covert intelligience for a foriegn power- even legal intelligience gathering by a US reporter. This provision could make newsgathering illegal, and therefore an act of terrorism.

Good luck and watch your back.

[Robb]

9. Well, I'll just keep away from that

"information gathering" part, then. Should be no problem. ;)